Bedclothes holder



July 14, 1925. 1,545,501

- E. C. LAIRD BEDCLOTHES HOLDER Filed Aug. '7. 1923 gwucnloq 66am Patented July 14, 1925.

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Application-filed August 7,1923. Serial No. 656,222.

To all whom it may comm.

Be it known that I, EnwIN'C. LAIRD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, inthe county of Henrico and State of'Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedclothes Holders, of which the following is a specification. 1 V

This invention relates to bed covering holders and is especially designed to provide a safety holder's'erving to securely and properly retainthe bed covering over children, and prevent their exposure to cold draftsas long as they remain lying in the bed. 1

The main obj'eet of the invention isto provide simple,'economical, durableand eifective bed clothes holders adapted to securely retain the bed clothing in its proper position over the bed, and secure said clothing in such position during the occupancy of the covering; that the further the roll of bed clothes are drawn within the holder, the tighter the hold becomes; that are formed of a plate of flat metal without any scams or rough places to contact with the bed clothing and thereby tear, wear, or have a tendency to injure the clothes, said plate being formed with a central divergent and convergent opening therethrough forming a series of scalloped or corrugated inner convergent j aws for securely retaining a roll of' bed clothes therebetween.

The foregoingand such other objects as may appear from the ensuing description are accomplished by the construction, ar-

rangement, combination and location of the parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly set forth in the claims appended hereto, it being understood that slight changes in the precise form, proportions and minor details of the construction may be resorted .to. without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention. In the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification it will be seen that: it Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved bed clothesholderembodying my invention secured to theupright posts of a bedstead. i

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan .of one of the bed clothes holders detached from the bed clothes and bedstead, and showing the bedstead securingmeans broken away, and

Figure 3 isa viewpartly in side elevation and partly in section showing. the bed clothes holder removed from theibed.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated, it will be seen by reference to Fig. 1', that the numeral? designates the head posts of an ordinary bedstead, 3 the footposts thereof, t a side rail connecting the head and foot portions, and5 the bed clothing properly arranged to cover the bed and its occupants. I

Encircling the head and foot posts, at each side of the bed, is a loop or band:6 composedpreferably of an elastic fabric or webbing, the inner end of which is'passed through an'elongatedslot 7 formed through the outer end portion ofthe metallic bed clothesholder 8, and is fixedly secured to said holder bya line of stitching 9, said loop or band being provided with a buckle 10 to permit each band to be so adjusted as to be properly secured and retained to its respective bed post of any size and dimen- SlOIlS.

Each bed clothes holder 8 is preferably formed from a plate of suitable metal, although it may be formed ofsuitable hard wood or other desirable material possessing the required strength and durability. The said plate is formed with a central opening therethrough which opening is of sufficient dimensions to receive the bed clothing, the inner edges of said opening being divergent from the point 11 outwardly, while the re maining portion of the inner edges const-ituting the jaws 12, of the holder are gradually convergent to the inner terminal end of the opening.

It will be perceived that the inner edges of the jaws 12 of the holder are scalloped or corrugated, so that where one jaw bulges or forms a convex surface the opposite jaw holder, hence it is obvious that by this im-" proved arrangement additional friction is obtained from the protruding points of the scalloped or corrugated jaws, since when the bed covering has be'en'forced into and between the scalloped jaws, lllllel'edS not only friction from a downward pull of the covers, but there is also friction from a back pull of the covers, for when the covers arerbeing released from the jaws they are compelled to follow the irregular, in-and-out contour of the opening between the jaws thus creating a decided additional friction;

It is evident that where the jaws of the holder have a straight edge it is possible for the occupant ofthe bed, when raising the covers to turnover, to so place the hand under the holder as to have the effect of releasing the clothes from the holder,'but with the scalloped jaws this is not possible because there is both down friction and back friction. l

It will be seen that this improved holder is so constructed that .theinner edges thereof form rigid jaws, and is so shaped as to properly and securely retain a smallor large roll of covering; thatitrwill receive and retain the bed clothes after being arranged in the shape of a roll and thus retain the sheet adjacent to the face of the sleeper at all times; that the jaws are formed both scalloped and convergent so that the further the roll of clothing is drawn into and between the aws the tighter the hold thereon becomes, and that the curved and smooth format-ion thereof prevents all tendency to damage the bed clothing, while at the same time the elastic fabric or webbing secured thereto yieldingly and resiliently insures each holder to retain the covering in its proper and safe position over the bedregardless of the fidgety movements of the occupants of the bed.

It will be readily obvious that my inn provedand safety bed clothes holder is not only simple and thoroughly efficient for the purposes herein set forth, but that the number of parts employed have been reduced to a mmimum. I

Having thus described my invention what I claim and'desire to secure by Letters I Patentiis: a

'1. As a; new article of manufacture, a bed I its lower inner edges converging to thelower end of the opening and formed wit-h a plurality of scalloped jaws having opposite concave and/convex inner-edges, and an elongated slot formed through one end of said plate for the reception of a resilient band adapted to yieldingly secure said holderto the post of-a bedstead.

2. Asa new article of manufact-ure,a bed clothes holder of A the, character described, comprising a flat metal plate formed with a central opening therethrough of sufficient dimensions'for therreception of a roll of bed clothes within said opening, the inner upper edges of the'opening' being diverging, and its lower inner edges converging to the lower terminal end of the opening and formed with a series of corrugated jaws having oppositely disposed concave and convex inner edges, an elongated slot formed through one end of said plate for the reception of a resilient band, said band being secured thereto by a line of stitching, and means for adjustably and detachably securing said band to a bed post of-any dimensions. I

" EDWIN o. LAIRD, 

